Ulster

Foreword by Harold EVANS, Editor, The Sunday Times (UK). Political background to the ongoing sectarian Troubles of the 1960s/70s in Northern Ireland. Foreword. Prelude—Full Circle. 1. Death of the IRA. 2. The State Revealed. 3. Reform into Violence. 4. Spiralling to Disaster. 5. Preparations for a Showdown. 6. The Bluff that Failed. 7. Insurrection. 8. The Truth about the ‘Pogrom’. 9. Labour Takes the Soft Option. 10. Law versus Order. 11. Birth of the Provisionals. 12. ‘The greatest single miscalculation. 13. Firm Measures. 14. The Tories say No—once. 15. Faulkner gets his Wish. 16. Internment Fails. 17. Death of the State. 18. Outlook for Change. Acknowledgements. Maps. Index.